An unbelievable thrill !

Bungee jumping, an item of my bucket list before I die. And successfully I have accomplished in Scheveningen beach, Netherlands! It may sound silly to many, but for me it was like an entrance to the unknown the moment I jumped.

I began with a hesitation watching every move of my previous jumpers, checking my chances of a failed attempt and a death dive to the sea. Then I just had to stop my conscious and decide, now or never!

They make you sign a form and ask you to read carefully. As I read, I noticed the phrase right at the beginning, ‘… liability of my death is my own…’. And indeed I felt like I was signing my death certificate. Haha.  As I read the form, I thought, oh what’s the point in reading the rest, it was all obvious. And there, I signed at the bottom, looked up to them and said letting out a nervous breath, ‘ok, I’m ready’. And I was, well, until I jumped that is!

They strapped my up with the safety gear and I walked over to the cage like transporter. The trainer boosted me by saying the other trainer was the best. It was nice though, the short talk, which was of course, meant for me to relax. I still wasn’t nervous then. When it was time, the cage was lifted up towards the highest level. My trainer was instructing me of what his next steps were and what I should do. He asked me to turn around and slowing step towards the boundary of the cage and let go of my hands and spread them. On the countdown of 3-1, I am supposed to jump on my own. And there I was, turned around looking towards the horizon and the massive sea view waiting to engulf me in. I started praying. He asked me to step and let go of my hands, and so I did but my mind was playing tricks with me and I got confused. He did the countdown and I asked him silly, if now was the time to jump. J. Well it was ! He did the countdown again, and that’s the point was where I had the most unbelievable thrill. My leap of faith. A blending mix of feelings of fear, excitement, nothingness, cluelessness, and the most numbness feeling I’ve ever had. All in all, for a split second I didn’t know when I actually jumped. As I plunged in, for a few seconds, I felt my heart stop and my eyes fixated in the water. Soon enough, I realized, I’m still alive and I am indeed falling. Reaching the end, I bounced back up in the air with my stomach turning upside-down. I thought I was going to hit the cage but luckily I didn’t. As I swung, I then enjoyed the freeness of the fall and as I slowed down, I enjoyed myself floating in the air and pretty soon, I got back towards the platform.  I was shaking when I landed but the feeling was AWESOME.

I will never forget the moment I jumped. It was a rocking one ! I highly recommend it ( of course not if you have health problems ). Thumbs Up !